ramme on the same day to foil the ruling party’s rescheduled rally. Tension mounts among the commoners as both parties may face off on January 12, a day after the end of the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema. AL changed the date of its January 10 programme to pave ways for the Muslims in attending the Ijtema on the bank of the river Turag while BNP stuck to its blockade programme creating obstacles for the devotees from home and abroad. Earlier on January 3, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on rallies and processions in the capital as both AL and BNP threw counter programmes marking the January 5. The AL leaders said they would not allow BNP activists on the street on January 5. However, BNP was determined to hold the rally, overcoming all attempts as its chief Khaleda Zia was expected to take to the street with a black flag. Neither Khaleda Zia, being confined at her office, nor BNP activists could come to the streets on that day but the ruling camp activists controlled the city roads. After being failed to hold rally, Khaleda Zia announced a non-stop countrywide blockade programme, saying that the blockade would continue until her demand for midterm polls under a non-partisan government is met. At least seven people were killed while miscreants hurled petrol bombs, set several buses on fire and uprooted fishplates of railway tracts during the blockade since January 5. Political analysts think it may be tough to avoid the confrontation as the AL and BNP are set to face off Monday, centring their rallies in the capital. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi earlier said they would not allow the ruling party to hold rally in the capital as the government did not allow them to observe their political programmes. It is learnt that the government has already asked the administration to remain on high alert to control the law and order across the country during the blockade programme. The administration is also asked to show zero tolerance in curbing any sort of anarchy. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday warned the BNP of taking stern actions for creating anarchy in the name of movement. “The government will not spare a leader of any stature if they are involved in anarchy,” she said during a meeting with Awami League leaders at her official residence Ganobhaban. The premier also directed the law enforcement agencies to take stern action against anybody for creating anarchy. Hasina, also the president of the ruling Awami League, asked the leaders and activists to remain on the street during the BNP’s countrywide blockade programme so that the BNP-Jamaat activists could not create anarchy in the name of movement. The same situation arose in the last week of December over a rally of BNP in Gazipur. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was scheduled to address the rally on December 27 while the student wing of the ruling camp declared to foil the rally unless the BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman sought an unconditional apology to the nation for his derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu. BNP chief at a meeting with its senior leaders said they would make the Gazipur rally successful by any means while the BCL also vowed to hold the rally at the same spot, prompting the district administration to impose Section 144 at the venue. BNP later pulled off its tail announcing a hartal in the industrial belt. Meanwhile, the ruling quarter fears that BNP-Jamaat activists in the guise of devotees may gather in front of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan Office and Nayapaltan office to create anarchy after the first phase of Ijtema. The government has a piece of information that BNP-Jamaat men may create mayhem after the Ijtema, said a leader during a joint meeting of the party at AL president’s political office in Dhanmondi. Being tipped off, the ruling party asked its district leaders, adjacent to the capital to remain on high alert at five spots—Airport, Gulshan, Mohakhali, Gulistan and Tongi from Saturday in resisting any sort of anarchy by the opposition activists. Senior leaders, including general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, Dipu Moni, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Ahmad Hossain and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, among others, were present at the meeting.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
AL, BNP face-off:Daily Sun
ramme on the same day to foil the ruling party’s rescheduled rally. Tension mounts among the commoners as both parties may face off on January 12, a day after the end of the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema. AL changed the date of its January 10 programme to pave ways for the Muslims in attending the Ijtema on the bank of the river Turag while BNP stuck to its blockade programme creating obstacles for the devotees from home and abroad. Earlier on January 3, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on rallies and processions in the capital as both AL and BNP threw counter programmes marking the January 5. The AL leaders said they would not allow BNP activists on the street on January 5. However, BNP was determined to hold the rally, overcoming all attempts as its chief Khaleda Zia was expected to take to the street with a black flag. Neither Khaleda Zia, being confined at her office, nor BNP activists could come to the streets on that day but the ruling camp activists controlled the city roads. After being failed to hold rally, Khaleda Zia announced a non-stop countrywide blockade programme, saying that the blockade would continue until her demand for midterm polls under a non-partisan government is met. At least seven people were killed while miscreants hurled petrol bombs, set several buses on fire and uprooted fishplates of railway tracts during the blockade since January 5. Political analysts think it may be tough to avoid the confrontation as the AL and BNP are set to face off Monday, centring their rallies in the capital. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi earlier said they would not allow the ruling party to hold rally in the capital as the government did not allow them to observe their political programmes. It is learnt that the government has already asked the administration to remain on high alert to control the law and order across the country during the blockade programme. The administration is also asked to show zero tolerance in curbing any sort of anarchy. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday warned the BNP of taking stern actions for creating anarchy in the name of movement. “The government will not spare a leader of any stature if they are involved in anarchy,” she said during a meeting with Awami League leaders at her official residence Ganobhaban. The premier also directed the law enforcement agencies to take stern action against anybody for creating anarchy. Hasina, also the president of the ruling Awami League, asked the leaders and activists to remain on the street during the BNP’s countrywide blockade programme so that the BNP-Jamaat activists could not create anarchy in the name of movement. The same situation arose in the last week of December over a rally of BNP in Gazipur. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was scheduled to address the rally on December 27 while the student wing of the ruling camp declared to foil the rally unless the BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman sought an unconditional apology to the nation for his derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu. BNP chief at a meeting with its senior leaders said they would make the Gazipur rally successful by any means while the BCL also vowed to hold the rally at the same spot, prompting the district administration to impose Section 144 at the venue. BNP later pulled off its tail announcing a hartal in the industrial belt. Meanwhile, the ruling quarter fears that BNP-Jamaat activists in the guise of devotees may gather in front of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan Office and Nayapaltan office to create anarchy after the first phase of Ijtema. The government has a piece of information that BNP-Jamaat men may create mayhem after the Ijtema, said a leader during a joint meeting of the party at AL president’s political office in Dhanmondi. Being tipped off, the ruling party asked its district leaders, adjacent to the capital to remain on high alert at five spots—Airport, Gulshan, Mohakhali, Gulistan and Tongi from Saturday in resisting any sort of anarchy by the opposition activists. Senior leaders, including general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, Dipu Moni, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Ahmad Hossain and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, among others, were present at the meeting.
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